10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXOTICIST»
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exoticist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
exoticist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tourists with Typewriters: Critical Reflections on ...
The exoticist objectification of the cultural "other" is a staple of travel writing, as is
the conversion of "other" cultures into a media- friendly spectacle. Victor
Segalen's definition of exoticism as the "aesthetics of diversity" is well suited to a
genre ...
Patrick Holland, Graham Huggan, 2000
2
Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s
Because non~Western settings hold such potential for narratives that go against
the grain, these films can be cone sidered together under a subgenre that might
be called the exoticist romance. In defining this corpus, the connection to ...
Colleen Kennedy-Karpat, 2013
3
Native Shakespeares: Indigenous Appropriations on a Global Stage
More specifically, I avail myself of Pratt's notion of transculturation not as an index
for "hybridity" or "enculturation" but as a central conceptual signifier that
describes the major paradigm shift that took place within the exoticist discourse
from its ...
Dr Parmita Kapadia, Professor Craig Dionne, 2013
4
Sex, Sailors and Colonies: Narratives of Ambiguity in the ...
In Loti's texts, identifiable discursive categories such as colonialist, exoticist,
sailor, etc., exist only to be exploded. Scholars have struggled to interpret the way
in which Loti's identity altered when he was in the colonies, seeing him as either
a ...
5
Uneven Encounters: Making Race and Nation in Brazil and the ...
Evidence presented below will suggest that exoticist performance, including the
performance of European love for the exotic, was part of what allowed black
performers to expand beyond minstrelsy. This was a shift of no little political
import, ...
6
Sexuality and Society: An Introduction
other ways and exoticist pleasure is being taken in other manifestations of ethnic
difference, skin occupies a particular role in our visually addicted culture (see
Ten.8 1992; Mercer 1994; Dyer 1997). The relearning of exoticist attitudes
through ...
Gargi Bhattacharyya, 2005
7
Re-Orientalism and South Asian Identity Politics: The ...
Saleem is a skilful merchant of narratives – he knows how to put his stories on
the market, hawking their exotic trimmings such as snakecharmers and fakirs to
satisfy the exoticist appetites of his imagined audience. Midnight's Children
deploys ...
Lisa Lau, Ana Cristina Mendes, 2012
8
History's Place: Nostalgia and the City in French Algerian ...
[The romanticist or exoticist seems to say to the foreigner, "I know nothing about
you, your country, or your history, and I do not care. In fact, I do not want to know
anything. ... I even profess that the less I know of you, the better, for what I plan to
...
9
Translation of Cultures
a country formerly known as Ceylon, that is steeped in centuries of cultural
achievement and tradition – and forced into the late twentieth century by the
ravages of civil war34 Again, exoticist stereotypes are activated by the
suggestion that Sri ...
Petra Wittke-Rüdiger, Petra Rüdiger, Konrad Gross, 2009
10
Fictions of the Feminine in the Nineteenth-Century Spanish Press
According to Bongie, the European exoticist's project, an act of desperation, is
doomed to failure. What the exoticist searches for, the unsullied, natural, and
primitive person or place, is always focused through the eyes of a European
subject ...
Lou Charnon-Deutsch, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXOTICIST»
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exoticist is used in the context of the following news items.
Andreas Ottensamer: Brahms, The Hungarian Collection – spirited folk
... here has often been described in terms of exoticist attempts at “local colour”. Austro-Hungarian clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer has set out to ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Northern Lights
Can you believe how these people do things? the Euro-exoticist asks, with the courage of his own convictions. In this sense, Booth's book is as ... «The New Yorker, Feb 15»
Why this new Orientalism art show is a spectacular must-see
Benjamin-Constant was sometimes pilloried in his own time as a provincial exoticist, but was mostly praised by critics who could seem ... «The Globe and Mail, Jan 15»
Octopus, octopi... octopodem? A guide to humiliating grammar nerds …
But that's just exoticist tokenism. Want to show some real respect? Here's a starting list of some words to get right. appendix, matrix. «The Week Magazine, Jan 15»
Hauser and Wirth Displays New Works by Djordje Ozbolt, Beginning …
Based in London since the mid-1990s, Ozbolt is a voracious traveller and exoticist whose work wistfully ransacks cultures, traditions, curiosities, ... «Broadway World, Jan 15»
The Problem with Shangri-La
... overseen by Iraqi art curator Rijin Sahakian, the exhibit represents a stark contrast to Doris Duke's exoticist, depoliticized visions of the Orient. «GOOD Magazine, Oct 14»
Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014: white African, incandescent writer …
... and African, to be a white person who has not come to Africa to exploit it or is just passing through the continent as an exoticist or a flanneur. «The Nation Newspaper, Jul 14»
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset review – 'glorious score …
The text sees colonists and colonised living together in idealised harmony, as well as tapping into the exoticist strain in French culture that ... «The Guardian, Mar 14»
Gauguin: Metamorphoses review – 'Forceful, disturbing, obscene'
With the colourful paintings, it's easy to say that Gauguin was just an exoticist, an outsider looking in. The ghostly prints have a different charge: ... «The Guardian, Mar 14»
Triumph of the Strange
Curiosity also domesticates its subject matter to a large extent, making its exoticist heritage less visible. Again, there are clues. We are told that ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec 13»
